I think I straight up did not get until reading duckbuster's comment in this thread that Aranea's complete lack of any acknowledgement whatsoever after the retcon is like, a cosmic punishment for someone who insisted so hard upon getting the spotlight that she forced herself back to life after thousands of years in the grave. exactly the kind of thing Vriska's haters still to this day insist should have happened to her. yet another point on my list of things to watch out for in my inevitable reread. great, thanks a lot, I Love Aranea Serket thread

as the world's premier Meenah defender I will protest the notion that Aranea was "fumbled" when she was the one who chose to run off and get erased from existence without so much as leaving behind a note. but i get what you mean. if it was me it would be different. i would treat her better. i wouldn't get turned into an alien brainslave i'm just constructed different